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Tables of Contents for God's Playground
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Maps and Diagrams
xxi
Illustrations
xxiii
Notes on the Illustrations
xxv
Chronology
xxix
I Introduction. The Origins to 1572
Millenium: A Thousand Years of History (Historiography)
3
20
Polska: The Polish Land (Historical Geography)
23
38
Piast: The Polanian Dynasty (to 1370)
61
45
Anjou: The Hungarian Connection (1370--1386)
106
9
Jogaila: The Lithuanian Union (1386--1572)
115
44
II The Life and Death of the Polish--Lithuanian Republic (1569--1795)
Antemurale: The Bulwark of Christendom (Religion)
159
42
Szlachta: The Nobleman's Paradise (Society)
201
55
Handel: The Baltic Grain Trade (Economy)
256
37
Miasto: The Vicissitudes of Urban Life (The Cities)
293
28
Anarchia: The Noble Democracy (Constitution)
321
52
Serenissima: Diplomacy in Poland--Lithuania (Foreign Affairs)
373
40
Valois: The French Experiment (1572--1575)
413
8
Bathory: The Transylvanian Victor (1576--1586)
421
12
Vasa: The Swedish Connection (1587--1668)
433
37
Michal: The Austrian Candidate (1669--1673)
470
3
Sobieski: Terror of the Turk (1674--1696)
473
19
Wettin: The Saxon Era (1697--1763)
492
19
Agonia: The End of the Russian Protectorate (1764--1795)
511
36
Notes on the text
547
26
Index
573